Temporary governor



April 19, 1932- L. M. MONDRAY 1,854,662

TEMPORARY GOVERNOR l Filed Jan. 2l, 1929 @Kia/7 Patented Apr. 19, 1932 UNITED s'ir-Arss f rar orifice LEONARD M. MONDRAY, F CHOAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO THE GARDEL COMPANY, IN C., 0F DELAWARE i CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, A. CORPORATION OF TEMPORARY Yc'rovnnuon Application led January 21, 1929. Serial No. 333,813.

This invention relates ernor for application to automotive vehicle which governor may be readily applied to the carburetor for preventing operation of the vehicle above a certain speed when a new vehicle is driven from the factory to some distant point.

An object of the invention is to provide a temporary governor for application to automobile carburetors which is light, compact, readily applied and removed, and which may be sealed in position againstsurreptitious removal or tampering.

Another object of the invention is to provide a temporary governor for application to automobile carburetors forV limiting the speed of the vehicle and which governor is sealed against surreptitious removal and is provided with means for preventing tampering with the governor while in sealed position on the carburetor for increasing the speed of the vehicle beyond that determined by the governor.

A further object of the invention is to provide a temporary governor for application to automobile carburetors which is compact, light, readily applied and removed, economical to manufacture and eiicient in service, and one which may be readily and conveniently carried when not in use.

The above, other and further objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description, accompanying drawings and appended claims.

One form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and the views thereof are as follows: A

Figure 1 is a top plan view of'a carburetor having attached thereto a temporary governor embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the carburetor and governor of Figure 1.v

The governor of this invention is of course applicable to every make of carburetor, the shape of the governor being made to correspond to the different makes of carburetors so that the same may be effectively sealed against excessive speed.

The carburetor chosen to illustrateV the selected form of the invention is of standard to a temporary gova carburetor of anV 3 extends transversely through the throat l and carries the usual butterfly valve in the throat.

A lever l has a hub 5 which is secured to the shaft 3. The lever 4. is arranged with oppositely extending ends 6 and 7, the end 7 arranged to be connected to a suitable throttle control. The end 6 extends beyond the shaft 3 for contacting a pin 8 disposed below the shaft 3 for limiting the maximum opening of the butterfly valve.

The illustrated form of the temporary governor includes a casting 9 having a curved portion 10 for fitting against the throat l. The portion l() has hooks 11 provided at its rear lend for engaging over the pin 8 to aid in supporting the casting 9 in position. The upper surface of the casting 9 is inclined downwardly and forwardly from the hooks 11. The casting is provided with side members 13 which straddle the carburetor and rest on the flange 14C of the same. Lateral ears 15 arev formed with the casting which ears are apertnred to receive the ends of a U-bolt 16 which passes underneath the carburetor and extends upwardly through the apertures in the ears 15.

Nuts 17 are applied over the upper threaded ends of the U-bolt when the same is inserted through the ears for fastening the casting 9 to the U-bolt thereby attaching the temporary governor securely in position on the carburetor. y

The upper inclined surface 12 of the casting 9 is provided with a dovetail recess 18 in which is inserted a hardened steel plate 19 for underlying the end 6 of the throttle arm 4.-. This plate is provided at this point to prevent an operator of a vehicle to which the governor is attached from iling the castin to enable greater speed of the vehicle. The hardened steel plate prevents ready filing and also it indicates marks of tampering.

The upper ends of the U-bolt 16 are provided with holes 20 passing through the same for the reception of a sealing wire 2l which Y. is passed through these holes after the nuts indicates immediately that the seal broken or with `more or less precisely,

an automobile when it is desirous of driving the automobile'froml the factory to some distant point so -that the operatorl of thevehicle willnot drive Athe saine at excessive speed and thereby damage if not-ruin the automobile. The vgovernor is applied as shown and described and sealed and arranged with a vhardened steel plate 19 underlying the end 6 yof the throttle lever 4. An automobile rdelivered at its destination with the seal intact and with the hardened steel plate also intact automobile has not been driven at speed in excess ot that determined by the size and arrangement of the temporary governor casting 9. Should however an automobile be delivered with the the steel plate 19 daniaged, then such state of affairs would indicate immediately that tampering had v occurred to Ithe vehicle en route enabling the recipient of the automobileto immediately investigate and determine what if any damage hasbeen done to the same.

Should it so happen that a great number of new automobiles are to be driven away from a Jfactory, then the personin lcharge of the drive away would be supplied with a great number of these temporary governors and fasten and seal the same tothe carbureto-rs oli all ofthe automobiles inthe drive away thus assuring operation yof the automobiles at a conservative speed which would not damage the same in transit.

Itis understood ot coursev that'the castings 9 and the vother parts comprising tli-e temporary governor of'this invention maybe arranged and shaped to conform to the shape and arrangement of any standard carburetor in use and invention therefore is not to be limited to the exact form, arrangement and Vdisposition of the parts as'illustrated in the drawings.

The throttle lever 4 is provided with spaced lugs28 and 24 through which passes an adjusting s crew 25 which is threaded into the lugs and in cooperation with the pin 8 determines the extent of movement of thebut- `terfly valve in counterclockwisel direction as observedin Figure 2.

The invention has been described herein yet it is to be Vunderstood that changes may be made in the arrangement and proportion of parts and that equivalents may be substitutedwithout departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.

The invention is claimed as Jfollows: 1. A temporary governor for application to an automobile carburetor including a inember temporarily applied adjacent the throt 'curing saidl stop'- member ber having spaced tle'le-ver to limit movement of thesame in the opening direction, a clamp surrounding said carburetor for securing said member to the carburetor in operative position, means for locking and sealing said member and said clamp together, and other means for indicating tampering with said governor.

2.-A temporary governor for application to an automobile carburetor including a ymember positioned on the carburetor underlying' the throttle lever to limit movement of the same in its opening direction, aU-bolt aboutthe carburetor and cooperating with said member to secure the same in position on the carburetor, nuts on the ends of said bolt, and a wire passing throughthe ends of Vsaid bolt above the nut and having its end sealed against unauthorized removal.

v 3. A'teinporary governor :tor application to an automobile carburetor comprising a member applied to the carburetor' and underlying the throttle lever of the same, means for securing said member in immovable position on the carburetor, means for locking'and sealing said member and said iirst mentioned means againstv unauthorized removal, and

'said member being provided with a hardened steel plat-e underlying the throttle lever and arranged to'be contacted by the same when said lever is movedV to the maximum opened position as determined by said member.

4. A temporary governor for automobile carburetors including in combination a stop member applied to said carburetor underlying the throttle lever to limit the movement of the same in opening direction, saidv stop member having a hardened steel inset for contact yby the throttle lever, means tor sein position, and means for sealing said member and said'securing means against unauthorized removal.

5. Atemporary governor for automobile carburetors including in combination a stop 'member applied to said carburetor underlying the throttle lever to limit the movement of the same in opening direction, said meinrearwardly extending portions for engaging the throttle throat of the carburetor and having a hook for eiigag- 'ing a projection on said throat, said member 'having spaced apertur'ed ears at its front ends, a U-bolt surrounding said carburetor Vwith its ends'passing'through the apertured ears, nuts on said bolt beyond said ears, the

ends of the bolt beyond the nut being apertured, and a wire passing through said bolt apertures and having its ends connected by a -seal for locking and sealing the 'parts in applied position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my naine at Chicago, Coolr County, Illinois. Y

LEONARD M. MCNDRAY. 

